Kentucky basketball | Reviews suggest Wildcats are trending upward

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Jan. 4, 2014

UK forward Julius Randle looks for an open teammate in the first half. The University of Kentucky hosted the University of Louisville, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013 at Rupp Arena in Lexington. Photo by Jonathan Palmer/Special to the Courier-Journal

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The kids are all right. That's the consensus from the University of Kentucky basketball team's current coach, its old coach and television's top college analyst as the 15th-ranked Wildcats prepare to open Southeastern Conference play on Wednesday against Mississippi State.

"I'm not worried about them," ESPN's Jay Bilas said. "By the end of the year, they're going to be really good - really good - if they keep building like this."

Kentucky (10-3) got off to a rocky start and slid hard and fast from its preseason No. 1 perch, but coming off a critical win over Louisville and in the midst of a 10-day ...